FIONA TAN

Later this summer, London’s Flea Folly Architects—Pascal Bronner & Thomas Hillier—will be running a workshop in what they broadly call “narrative architecture” at the Tate Modern. "What would a town inhabited by Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder and Man Ray look like?" they ask. "Taking inspiration from works in the Tate collection, in particular the speculative etchings by architects Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin and paintings by the Surrealists, our objective is to design and build a fictional miniature village made entirely from paper." Their own project, Grimm City, is perhaps an example of what might result.

“made with the highest British attention to the wrong detail”

these gas mask designs take the term ‘sneakerhead’ to a whole new level. The post freehand profit turns rare and retro sneakers into gas masks…

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“We all have a favourite album. One that means something to us more than others. Album cover art used to be meticulously created to portray some kind of message that the band or artist was trying to convey. But in this digital age, buying an album has become less about buying a physical package to buying a digital version out of convenience. So in honour of a once coveted industry standard, we take a look at some of the most iconic album covers over the years and put our own spin on them by revealing ‘the bigger picture’.”

MMBB & SPBR - Residence in the Aldeia da Serra, São Paulo 2001. One of my favorites. Photos (C) Nelson Kon. 

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House G / Hammerschmid, Pachl, Seebacher Architekten

Alexandra and Ainsworth estate, London. 1972-1978 by Neave Brown of Camden Council’s Architects Department.

the expansion is envisioned as an extension of the natural landscape, complementing the site’s architecture and preserving its existing green condition.

The greater thickness makes it possible to achieve surface treatments such as mirror polish, multi-level engraving and different material finishes and textures, which were until now unthinkable with the thickness of 3.5mm.